-beck

German

Alternative forms

• -becke, -becken, -beek, -bek, -beke, -beken

Etymology

From Middle Low German bēke, from Old Saxon beki, from Proto-West Germanic *baki. Doublet of -bach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛk/, (northern dated also) /beːk/

Suffix

-beck

1. Placename suffix found in northern Germany

Usage notes

• Surnames in -beck are often derived from such placenames. However, they may also be compounds with unrelated Beck (“baker”), e.g. Brotbeck.

Derived terms

• Ahlbeck
• Averbeck
• Berbeck
• Billerbeck
• Borbeck
• Einbeck
• Gembeck
• Gladbeck
• Havixbeck
• Lübeck (alteration of a Slavic name)
• Lutterbeck
• Möllenbeck
• Mühlbeck
• Mühlenbeck
• Niederbeck
• Oberbeck
• Overbeck
• Scharmbeck
• Schermbeck
• Schmalbeck
• Schönebeck
• Sonsbeck
• Steinbeck
• Vorbeck
• Wittenbeck
• Wolbeck

 

Related terms

• Bockbier